Just Now: 15 Longest-Serving Players in Europe’s Top Five Leagues – detail.
These days, loyalty in football is hard to come by.
It’s becoming increasingly rare in the age of major transfer fees and player power.
More often than not, footballers are always on the lookout for that next big payday
and there aren’t many now who manage to stick around in one place for too long.
The likes of John Terry, Steven Gerrard and Ryan Giggs became heroes with their
respective teams, spending either the majority or the entirety of their careers with them.
There are still a select few figures in football who have replicated that loyalty and longevity at one particular team, though.
Transfermarkt recently revealed the longest-serving players at one particular club in Europe’s top five leagues right now. Let’s take a look at them.
15 longest-serving player in Europe’s top five leagues | |||
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Rank | Player | Club | Time with team |
1 | Thomas Muller | Bayern Munich | 16 years, 4 months, 13 days |
2 | Anthony Lopes | Lyon | 16 years, 4 months, 13 days |
3 | Koke | Atletico Madrid | 16 years, 4 months, 13 days |
4 | Oscar de Marcos | Athletic Bilbao | 15 years, 4 months, 13 days |
5 | Inigo Lekue | Athletic Bilbao | 14 years, 5 months, 13 days |
6 | Seamus Coleman | Everton | 14 years, 5 months, 13 days |
7 | Manuel Neuer | Bayern Munich | 13 years, 4 months, 13 days |
8 | Stefan Bell | Mainz | 12 years, 10 months, 13 days |
9 | Maximilian Arnold | Wolfsburg | 12 years, 10 months, 12 days |
10 | Jamie Vardy | Leicester City | 12 years, 4 months, 13 days |
11 | Christian Gunter | SC Freiburg | 12 years, 4 months, 13 days |
12 | Aritz Elustondo | Real Sociedad | 12 years, 4 months, 13 days |
13 | Jose Gaya | Valencia | 12 years, 4 months, 13 days |
14 | Joel Ward | Crystal Palace | 12 years, 4 months, 13 days |
15 | Luka Modric | Real Madrid | 12 years, 2 months, 17 days |
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Luka Modric features here
Luka Modric, who joined Real Madrid from Tottenham Hotspur
and has been with the team for little over 12 years, barely makes the list.
He has won a ridiculous amount of trophies with Los Blancos,
so he has undoubtedly made the most of his time there. It’s interesting to note that a
number of players who have played for their present clubs for the exact same amount of time are tied next.
On the same day in 2012, Christian Gunter joined Freiburg, Joel Ward joined Crystal Palace,
Jose Gaya joined Valencia, and Aritz Elustondo joined Real Sociedad.
They have now been with their respective teams for 12 years, 4 months, and 13 days.
Even if there have been different levels of accomplishment along the road, they have all stayed faithful.
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Jamie Vardy is included in this section
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